Detachable cuff.



W. M. LADD.

DETACHABLE CUFF. APPLICATION FILED JAN.29, 1911.

' Patented Dec. 30, 1919.

//v Vf/V 70R: WJML A 1112 WILLLAM M. LADD, OF LAKE CITY, IOWA.

DETACHABLE CUFF.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 30, 1919.

Application filed January 29, 1917. Serial No. 145,125.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, YVILLIAM M. LADD, citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Lake City, Calhoun county, Iowa, have invented a new and useful Detachable Cuff, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide improved detachable cuffs for garments.

A further object of this invention is to provide a cuff which may be removably and replaceably secured to the sleeve of a coat.

A further object of this invention is to provide a removable meansfor protecting the edge of a arment sleeve, or the like, and adding to the attractiveness of appearance thereof.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claim and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is an elevation showing an emlbodiment of my improvement as attached to the sleeve of a coat as required for use. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the cuff partially detached, as in the operation of removing or replacing the same relative to the sleeve. Fig. 3 is a viewof the cuff de t'ached and extended. Fig. 4: is a detail ele- Tation showing a portion of the inner face of a sleeve.

It is my intention to produce'a cufl which is separately formed and which may be attached to a garment by the maker, and be readily, and easily detached or replaced by the user, so that he can use such cuif if he desires, or not, and only a port on of the time is desired. The cufl' may be attached in a very short time, and be detached in a correspondingly short time, without the cutting of stitches or the like. The cuff may be made of the same fabric as the garment on which it is to be used, or of different fabric and different design or pattern, and a great variety of ornamental'cuts or contours may be given to such cuffs as taste or fashion dictates.

In the construction of the device as shown the numeral 10 designates generally the detachable cuff, and 11 the sleeve of a coat or other garment on which the cufi is removably and replaceably mounted; The cuff 10 is formed separately and independently, and may be suitably formed with lining 10 and stitching, indicated at 12, to hold the facing to the lining. As here shown the cuff 10 is of generally rectangular form, and is of a length that it does not extend entirely around the sleeve 11, circumferentially, said cuff permitting a small portion of the back of the sleeve to project laterally between its ends. The cufi' 10 is adapted to be folded adjacent one of its longer side margins, on

aline indicated by the dotted line 13, the shorter fold or portion thereof being in serted within the sleeve 11 and the greater portion thereof being contacted with and overlying the end of the sleeve, as shown in Fig. 1. In this manner the cuff 10 by its minor inner portion underlies and by its major outer portion overlies and conjunctively covers the greater part of the margin of the sleeve, and protects said margin from wear and soiling, except as to the portion of said sleeve which projects between the ends of said cuff. Means is provided for detachably securing the cuff 10 in the position shown and described, and to this end I prefer to provide snap fasteners of comthe cuff, or that ortion which lies within the sleeve 11. T e male members of such fasteners are secured to the minor inner margin of the cuif against the lining 10*, as indicated by the numerals 14, and are adapted to coact with female members 14" secured to the inner surface of the sleeve 11 and slightly spaced from the end of said sleeve (Fig. 4.) 1 Thus a relatively flat connecting means is provided for securing the .mon form for the minor inner margin of minor inner margin of the cuff within thesleeve, and one which is readily and conveniently attached and detached by manual pressure. Any suitable fastening devices may be provided for the outer margin of the cuff, but I prefer to employ buttons 15 spaced apart on a line circumferentially of the sleeve, one of which is shown, adapted to be engaged by button-holes -16 in corner ortions of the major outer part of cuff.

he buttons'15 provide an ornamental feature on the sleeve, whether or not the c1111 10 is in place, two of said buttons, located preferably adjacent the rear side of the sleeve, usually being sufficient for the purpose.

The use of this cuff permits a variety of ornamentation of, shape or pattern for a given garment, or the use, of such garment without any cufl if desired. It also relieves the garment itself of Wear which shows most quickly at exposed places like the margin of a sleeve; and after a cuff has been Worn for a time on such arment it may be discarded, or a new cut? of similar or different design secured, thus materially prolonging the life and usefulness of the garment.

I claim as my invention 'and secured by said sockets and studs, said cuff embracing and having its fold closely adjacent the end of said sleeve and Overlapping the outer face thereof, the ends of said cufl being spaced apart circumferentially of said sleeve, together With interen- Y gaging fastening devices on the outer surface of the sleeve and the outer corner portions of the end whereby said cuff may be detachably secured to said sleeve auxiliary to the sockets and studs.

Signed by me at Lake City, Iowa, this th day of January, 1917.

WILLIAM M. LADD. Witnesses MARION R. MCCAULEY, C. A. WmsE. 1 

